Welby Wonga - an unethical investment in chocolate.
Welby Wonga, the chocolate company, is of course excluded because its products make children fat and destroy their teeth. But there are other options available.
Top of the list of possible investments for the Church of England is the company Bunga, which supplies female companionship to Italian politicians.
Silvio B. was very satisfied with Bunga.
Another option available to the archbishop is to invest in a successful manufacturer of arms, nerve gas, biological weapons, etc. This could easily be achieved by buying UK government bonds, although doing so may fall foul of Archbishop Welby's "ethical investments" policies.
More acceptable may be Dunga, the manure conglomerate (slogan "Where there's muck there's brass"), which provides a necessary social service, reprocessing animal waste, and similar material such as Thought for the Day contributions, into high-grade fertilizer.
One final possibility is that the Church of England cash will go abroad - possibly to India, where Kipling, the cake company, has opened a subsidiary, Gunga Din.
"You make better cakes than we do, Gunga Din."
Does this mean I have to stop eating Wonga Bars? And, I suggest the Anglicans hire some Oompa Loompas to clean things up,or better send Oompas to the synod in September....Original Oompa Loompa Songs (1971)
ReplyDeleteWell, at least Silvio got some bang for the buck (he has a lot of bucks…) or so we’re led to believe.
ReplyDeleteThe Archbishop, however, likely has a different ‘return’ in mind.
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DeleteYou don't sound too keen, Eccles. Would it help if we offered double Green Shield Stamps?
DeleteIf you included a picture of Cary Grant for my benefit, thank you. If not, thank you anyway.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is immensely funny to find the CofE in its usual confusion, what a very sensible man and cogent representative Archbishop Welby turns out to be. It is a pity he is not wearing a cardinal's hat in Westminster. Meanwhile, the awful Catholic Twatter saga reveals a nasty side of Catholicism which must be dealt with at top level. It is bad enough when "Catholic Voices" start bullying people, but when ordained ministers also start using inappropriate language they must be pulled up fast. Where is the leadership here?
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